Experts say California isn't studying its own transitional kindergarten program, despite research that has shown a public preschool program doesn’t guarantee better outcomes.

Math scores across the board have risen in the years after the pandemic, but a stubborn gap remains between poor schools and the state average.

A new bill would require districts to screen for — and help — students falling behind in math in the early grades, just as they now do for students with challenges in reading.

More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.